Hi Rick Of course! Thanks for the explanation, Rick. I forgot all about the asterisked tags when I read the tip about deleting tags in http://www.hikaripub.com/MaryAnnsFavFMShortCuts.pdf.
I don't worry about variable and cross-reference formatting at all - not since I bought Leximation's BookVars and BookXref tools (http://www.leximation.com/tools/), which is another recommendation from this list that proved to be very useful.. regards, Karen Mardahl On 1/20/07, Rick Quatro <frameexpert at truevine.net> wrote: > Every paragraph in FrameMaker is "tagged" with a paragraph format name, even > it that paragraph format does not exist in the document. So when you delete > the paragraph formats, each paragraph is still tagged as it was before. When > you click in a paragraph, you will see an asterisk next to its name. An > asterisk can indicate an override, but it can also mean that the paragraph > is tagged with a format that does not exist in the paragraph catalog. The > same is true for characters and tables; they can be tagged with formats that > don't exist in the document. > > The logic behind deleting all tags is to make sure that, after you import > formats from the template, only formats from the template are present in > your document. In other words, it ensures that there are no obsolete formats > in your document. > > Note that you can't do this with some FrameMaker formats. For example, you > cannot delete a cross-reference format if that format is in use in the > document. If you do, the cross-references using that format will be > converted to text. The same applies to variables. > > Rick Quatro > Carmen Publishing > 585-659-8267 > www.frameexpert.com